Fileplay vs MegaPlayer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fileplay
Play any file from your device, iCloud, or cloud storage providers. Enjoy advanced playback controls like speed adjustment, queuing, and background picture-in-picture. Optimize your listening experience with a bass booster and efficient battery usage.
- Play files from device and cloud
- Adjust playback speed
- Add files to queue
- Background Picture in Picture
- Bass booster
- Optimized for low battery use
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Fileplay brings a full-featured multimedia player for files on your device. Top picks: ▸ Play files from your device, iCloud and dozen of file providers* ▸ Adjust playback speed ▸ Add to queue multiple files ▸ Background Picture in Picture mode ▸ Bass booster ▸ Optimized for low battery use *Supported by File Provider extension
MegaPlayer
This application serves as an advanced media player, capable of handling a wide range of new video and audio codecs. It offers a robust playback experience for various media files.
- Supports new video codecs
- Supports new audio codecs
- Advanced playback capabilities
- Wide file format compatibility
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The advanced player supports the new codecs of the video and the audio.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MegaPlayer at 100% against Fileplay's 48%. MegaPlayer also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Fileplay's advantage is ratings volume (4.2K vs 1). On price, update cadence and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MegaPlayer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fileplay has 4.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Fileplay's written reviews are positive against 100% of MegaPlayer's.
Fileplay ships an update every 6 weeks, MegaPlayer every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Fileplay | MegaPlayer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (4.2K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.2K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kristian Sepp | Yaser Moursi |
Customer experience
Fileplay
MegaPlayer
Bugs and requests
Fileplay
Reported bugs
4 issues- Playback issues with some files
- Sudden deletion of downloaded content
- Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
- Inability to download from certain websites
Requested features
4 requests- Add option to remove ads
- Improve playlist management
- Implement 15-second rewind/fast-forward
- Support for additional file formats
MegaPlayer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Fileplay
No in-app purchases
MegaPlayer
No in-app purchases
